While Nir Rosen's comments were shameful, the media shouldn't "reduce us to the worst thing we've ever done." (YouTube)

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Nir Rosen’s thoughtless tweets about Lara Logan were “grotesque”—but they shouldn’t “eclipse an often-heroic career” of “intrepid” war reporting, writes Michelle Goldberg in the Daily Beast. Indeed, today’s media “has an awful way of reducing us all to the worst thing we’ve ever done.” And “the more we live in public, the more we need to develop some sort of mercy for those who briefly let the dark parts of themselves slip out.”

It was “indefensible” when Rick Sanchez suggested Jews run the media, but also “harrowing” to see “a man undone so quickly by a flash of his own seething id.” A Marie Claire blogger was deeply remorseful for a “nasty” comment about fat people, but the comment immediately defined her. As for Rosen, he “apologized fulsomely and sincerely, and has kept apologizing”—and it’s clear he’s truly sorry. “When there’s genuine contrition, there should also be forgiveness,” Goldberg writes.

Yeah ? Yeah ! I just hope that these two comments won't ruin my dark writing career spanning over 17 years, see Slaughter Catalogue 1993-2010. I'm the dubbed Czech Hollywood Warrior Priest from Serious Entertainment at http://thesixthgospel.blogspot.com/

ChanRobt

Feb 19, 2011 1:55 AM CST

Politicians have their careers ruined regularly for one wrong comment. Macaca anyone? Why should it be different for pundits? Particularly, Nir, who repeated his atrocious remarks several different ways over a few days.

AlanVandeKop

Feb 18, 2011 5:29 PM CST

LK789, I'm not so enlightened to find rape funny, & Matt, many view the contrition you describe as not being sincere, nor does that mean you belong on my TV. What you dismiss as "thoughtless" is more likely an accidental revelation of one's true views.